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By David Grom

Opinion: BBC Arabic using a terrorist as a source? It’s nothing new

1 min read

Fi (left) and BJ Woodstein. (Photo: Lee Blanchflower)

Health

Time to end the gay IVF tax, say Jewish lesbian mums

By Gaby Koppel

5 min read

Natalie Portman

Natalie Portman among 350 film stars backing Israeli director forced out of French festival

Nadav Lapid is one of the most outspoken Israeli critics of the Netanyahu government but has still become a target for BDS campaigners

By Daniel Ben-David

2 min read

(L-R) Professor Rami Aqeilan, Dr Naama Ornstein and Dr Dror Kraus on June 9, 2026 (Clalit Health Services-Schneider Children’s Spokesperson’s Office)

Israel

Israeli infant receives world-first gene therapy for rare form of epilepsy

By JC Reporter

2 min read

Sir Keir Starmer at Prime Minister's Questions (Image: Parliament TV).

Settlers

No charity should be supporting Israeli settlements, Starmer tells MPs

By Lorin Bell-Cross

3 min read

A member of the FBI in Tucson, Arizona, on February 11, 2026 (Getty Images)

FBI

New Jersey man charged with planning ISIS attack on synagogue

By JC Reporter

1 min read

Opinion: Lessons from history that tell us this Iran campaign isn’t over yet

Opinion: Last orders for London’s rudest but kindest landlord

The rabbi who wanted to become a rich man

Wife of Israeli man killed in knife attack says Polanski’s promotion of terrorist is ‘despicable’

‘I condemn Hamas for targeting innocent civilians’, Oxford Union president tells JC

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Court and Crime

Pittsburgh man sentenced for threatening to kill Jewish official

Edward Owens Jr told the unnamed official to ‘go back to Israel or better yet, exterminate yourself and save us the trouble’

By JC Reporter

1 min read

The Department of Justice building in Washington DC (Getty Images)

US Politics

Democrat with ‘Nazi tattoo’ wins Maine primary

Graham Platner has insisted he was not aware of the symbol’s meaning at the time and that it does not reflect his views

By Andrew Bernard

1 min read

Democratic Senate candidate Graham Platner and his wife, Amy Gertner, wave to supporters at Platner's Primary Election event on June 9, 2026, in Blue Hill, Maine (Getty Images)

Donald Trump

Only ‘ignorance or stupidity’ will prevent Iran peace deal, claims Trump

The US president has been openly critical of Benjamin Netanyahu in recent days, insisting that Jerusalem will have ‘no choice’ but to accept a ceasefire with the Islamic Republic

By Mark Wood

2 min read

US President Trump speaks to reporters aboard Air Force One on June 5, 2026 (Getty Images)

Los Angeles

Big Brother star threatened by ‘Nazi, crazy psychopaths’ for ‘protecting Jewish friends’

Spencer Pratt, who is running to be mayor of Los Angeles, said one of his key goals was for ‘Jewish mums to feel safe when their kids go to temple’

By Jacob Jaffa

1 min read

Spencer Pratt during a Fox News interviews on May 28, 2026 (Getty Images)

World news

Ben Ladany by Big Ben last year (left) and standing in the same spot on his recent visit to London

Israel

IDF hero shares the seven lessons learnt for the seven bullets that almost claimed his life in Gaza

By Alma Green

4 min read

Clockwise from top left: Ivor Baddiel, David Bernstein CBE, Joe Jacobson, Rabbi Josh Levy and Rabbi Charley Baginsky. (photos: Yakir Zur; Ian Walton / Getty Images; Andy Rowland; Zoe Norfolk)

World Cup 2026

Rabbi, who’s going to win the World Cup?

By Ben Conway

6 min read

Unrwa

US foreign aid watchdog finds more than 100 UNRWA employees linked to Hamas and October 7

By Mike Wagenheim

1 min read

Police officers stand guard at the Synagoge Agudas Achim in Zurich, on March 3, 2024, after an Orthodox Jewish man was stabbed, late on March 2, 2024 (Photo by ARND WIEGMANN/AFP via Getty Images)

Switzerland

Swiss teen to go on trial over brutal stabbing of Orthodox man

By Mark Wood

1 min read

Germany

Celebrated Berlin bakery closes saying staff suffered ‘constant abuse’ since October 7

By Mark Wood

2 min read

Sport

World Cup 2026: Jewish England fans pray for victory at the Western Wall

By Yoav Borowitz

3 min read

Karim Khan

ICC suspends chief prosecutor who pursued Netanyahu warrant

Karim Khan has been on voluntary leave since last year while allegations of sexual assault levelled against him were investigated

By Jacob Jaffa

1 min read

More than 60,000 people attend pro-Israel march through central Toronto Wizz Air suspends flights to Israel

UK News

Pro-Palestine protests

Palestine protester who climbed Big Ben cost taxpayers £67,000, court hears

Police officers across London were also pulled away from regular duty to ensure public safety during the stunt

By JC Reporter

3 min read

A protester holding a Palestinian flag gestures atop Big Ben on March 8, 2025 (Getty Images)

Court and Crime

‘I had very good income’ before court case, says Palestine activist who rammed Land Rover into factory

Iain Evans, along with four others, is accused of criminal damage after targeting an aerospace business they believed had links to Israel

By JC Reporter

2 min read

A general view of Birmingham Crown Court on October 17, 2024 (Getty Images)

Zack Polanski

Zack Polanski proudly shows off T-shirt promoting convicted terrorist

Green leader wore £45 football shirt calling for the release of Marwan Barghouti, who was convicted in Israel for his part in attacks killing five civilians

By Jane Prinsley

2 min read

Zack Polanski in the controversial football shirt (Photo: Instagram)

Jewish Care

Lord Sugar: ‘Giving to Jewish Care has always been very simple for me because you can see the difference it makes’

Guests were shown a virtual tour of the new Sugar & Ronson Campus in Redbridge

By Ben Conway

4 min read

Emily Maitlis speaking to Lord Sugar (photo: Justin Grainge)

Opinion

My penalty for working for the JC: having to watch Gary Lineker

There are any number of podcasts more compelling than the Netflix programme The Rest is Football and they all share one advantage: none is fronted by a man who wants Israel expelled from international sport

By Stephen Pollard

3 min read

Gary Lineker attends the NTA's 2025 at The O2 Arena on September 10, 2025 in London (Image: Getty Images)

By The JC Leader

Britain’s false equivalence on Israel, Iran and Hezbollah

The UK’s habit of assigning equal blame is difficult to justify when the Islamic Republic and its Lebanese proxy initiated the latest attacks and the regime remains openly committed to Israel’s destruction

2 min read

By Florit Shoihet

No one asks antizionist Jews hard questions. So I did

I came face to face with conspiracy theories, rape denial and support for Hamas

4 min read

By Stephen Pollard

For some Celtic fans, just breathing Israeli air made Robbie Keane impure

The club’s antisemitic supporters have now decided to turn their fire on a man who isn’t even Jewish, simply because he managed Maccabi Tel Aviv. Merely working with Jews is now enough to be damned

3 min read

By Yaakov Katz

Striking Iran without US green light strengthened Israeli deterrence

It’s possible this is exactly what was agreed upon quietly between Jerusalem and Washington. Trump has an interest in ensuring Tehran understands that dragging out talks and exploiting his desire for an agreement comes at a price

3 min read

By Jonathan Spyer

Why Iran is escalating against Israel to protect its ‘Resistance Axis’

Jerusalem, for its part, has made clear that Tehran’s insistence on linking any deal to a ceasefire in Lebanon will not constrain its response to Hezbollah attacks

4 min read